Combination table and cabinet



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JAMES MERRICK BRADFORD, PORTLAND, OREGON.

COMBINATION TABLE AND CABINET.

Application filed October 4, 1922. Serial No. 592,300.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES MERRIOK BRAD- FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Table and Cabinet; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a commissary cabinet or kitchenette which may be used as a seat, a table or storage receptacle as occasion may require, the device embodying folding leaves which may be extended to provide .a table and when folded closing the sides of the cabinet, the device also embodying folding legs whereby it may be elevated when used as a table, said legs being entirely out of the way when folded.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application,

Figure 1 is a detail view in perspective showing the device folded,

Figure 2 is a detail view in perspective showing the device adjusted for use as a table, 8

Figure 3 is a view of the device as seen from the bottom side, the legs and leaves being folded,

Figure 4 is a transverse section, the full lines showing the leaves folded and the clotted lines indicating portions of the leaves when extended, 4

Figure 5 is a detail view showing more clearly the connecting means between one of the folding legs and the cabinet,

Figure 6 is a sectional detail, and

Figure 7 is a detail view showing more clearly the manner of connecting one of the leaf braces to the cabinet.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The device approximates the form of a box which is partitioned to form compartments for storage purposes in which may be placed cooking utensils, food and tableware forserving the food when dining. The box comprises a bottom 1, ends 2 and a top 3. A vertical partition 4 extending between the bottom 1 and top 3 divides the box into compartments, and a horizontal partition 5 subdivides one of said compartments into upper and lower compartments, the upper compartment receiving a drawer 6 and the lower compartment being closed by means of a door 7. A door 8 closes the other compartment formed by the vertical partition 4. Leaves 9 are hinged to opposite edges of the top 3 and when extended come flush with said top and form a table. The leaves 9 when folded close opposite sides of the box. The drawer 6 and the doors 7 and 8 are held closed by the adjacent leaf 9 when folded.

The leaves 9 are held extended by means of braces 10 which are pivoted thereto at 11. Binding posts 12 connected to the ends 2 of the box by means of a swivel joint, receive the braces 10 which are held in the required adjusted position by means of binding screws 13. The braces 10 lie against the outer sides of the ends 2 when the leaves 9 are folded.

The legs 14 are connected to the bottom 1 in a manner to fold thereagainst and to swing outwardly and laterally so as to spread when extended. Braces 15 are con nected at one end to the bottom 1 by means of a swivel joint and slidingly engage binding posts 16 connected to the legs 14: by means of a swivel joint, binding screws 17 securing the parts in the required adjusted position. Each of the legs 14 is connected to the bottom 1 by means of a hinge comprising three leaves 18, 19 and 20, the intermediate leaf 18 having the leaves 19 and 20 hinged to adjacent edges thereof and the leaf 19 being attached to the bottom 1 and the leaf 20 to the legs 14. It will thus be understood that the legs 14 may be folded close against the bottom 1 or may be swung outwardly from said bottom and spread at their lower ends laterally to provide ample cooking utensils, provisions and tableware. When folded, the device may be conveniently carried upon the running board of an automobile, or upon a rack in the rear thereof, and provides a kitchenette or commissary for the use of tourists or persons when camping or picnicking.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the character specified, a box, a folding leg therefor, and a hinge con nection between the leg and box, the same comprising three leaves, the intermediate deaf having the other two leaves hinged to adjacent edges thereoi and attached respectively to the box and leg.

2. In a device of the character specified, a

box, a leg hinged to the under side of the box by a three leaf hingerand adapted to swing outwardly and laterally, a brace connected at one end to the under side of the box by means of a swivel joint, a binding post connected to the leg by means of a swivel oint and having the brace in sliding engagement therewith, and a binding screw associated withsaid binding post forsecuring the brace and leg in the desired adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MERRICK'BRADFORD.

l/Vitnesses: E. PINDER, P. G. NEALOUD. 

